Lady Maoist cadre carrying a cash award arrested

Raipur: A lady Maoist carrying a cash award was arrested from her in-laws' house in Kanker district of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday, police said.

Sonai Boga (26) was nabbed from her in laws' place at Bhursatrahul village under Bhanupratappur police station limits, sub-Divisional Officer of Police Tarkeshwar Patel said.

Acting on a tip-off about Boga visiting her in-laws, police surrounded the village and rounded her up from the house, he said. She was active in the border region of Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh and was also allegedly involved in several cases of loot, arson and attack on police patrols, Patel said.